Sandra Orihuela, Esq.

Sandra Orihuela is the founder of this legal boutique specializing in corporate international matters, anti-bribery prevention and compliance. As a dual licensed attorney in the United States and Peru, Ms. Orihuela actively manages legal work for the firm, representing U.S., Canadian, European, and Japanese entities investing in the U.S., Europe and throughout Latin America from diverse industries, including life sciences, technology, media and communications, entertainment, construction, oil & gas, mining, engineering, agriculture, consumer products and retail businesses. 

Ms. Orihuela has a strong corporate international background, including structuring and implementing complex cross-border acquisitions, addressing international tax issues, trade, labor, customs, environmental, foreign investment protections, multi-country regulatory matters, intricate arbitration litigation and dispute resolution. She is also a regional expert and go-to counsel on an array of anti-corruption and compliance matters, from the assessment and design of comprehensive corporate compliance programs to oversight of remediation and crisis management plans, while conducting internal investigations alongside forensic teams, actively supporting management and monitor teams, and implementing tailored internal policies. Her expertise includes preventive matters under the FCPA and the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, as well as enhanced internal controls and best corporate governance practices under Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley, AML standards and local/in-country regulations.

Ms. Orihuela also has extensive experience in the life sciences industry, including business, legal and compliance aspects of optical, medical and digital precision technologies. She has also been involved in innovative technology related matters, including Artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity regulations in Europe and the U.S.; digital media, B2B, Fintech, Internet and E-Commerce.  Ms. Orihuela has also been involved directly in all stages of mining projects with strong international investment component, from the confidentiality agreement phase, through the exploration, environmental impact study, production, NSRs, streaming, construction and development, mine life extension and resource expansion phases. Her multi-industry knowledge, in-depth legal and corporate compliance expertise and domain of both, civil and common law legal matters and cultures, provides clients with efficient and dynamic solutions for their ongoing corporate needs.

Serving in a role similar to in-house counsel for most of the firm’s clients or under a secondment arrangement, Ms. Orihuela provides hands-on expertise, strategic planning, direction and oversight of legal and compliance matters. 

Prior to founding the firm, Ms. Orihuela worked at top tier U.S. law firms and in-house for a Canadian multinational.  She has participated in cross-border projects in Asia, Europe, Latin America, Canada and the United States.

Ms. Orihuela is a frequent writer and speaker at international forums and has been recognized as a leading international lawyer by several reputable organizations, including Chambers & Partners, a global guide of best lawyers and law firms.